Massasoit Biology Professor Melanie Trecek-King is giving two sustainable landscaping presentations in collaboration with community partners later this month. Sustainable Landscaping: Gardening for the Planet, People, and Your Pocket is designed to help community members learn about alternatives to traditional lawns and gardening with a lighter environmental footprint.

The global recycling market has changed dramatically. We can no longer recycle as many items here at Massasoit – or anywhere else – as we could in the very recent past.

China, where the US and most of the world have been sending our recyclables, has imposed strict limits on the levels of contamination it will accept. This means that what we recycle has to be very clean and free of items that don’t belong there.

Recycling guidelines can be confusing. Even though you want to do the right thing, sometimes you just can’t figure out what that is. And the rules are often different from one location to the next. To address this confusion, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has launched a new initiative, RecycleSmartMA, to provide clear and consistent guidelines across the Commonwealth. Massasoit is following suit with our updated Massasoit_2019_Recycling_Guidelines.

These guidelines apply to what can and cannot go into the mixed recycling bins on campus. Please note: